Hands-On Tasks to Learn Wikis

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1. Join wikispaces

Go to www.wikispaces.com
In the ‘Get Started’ Box (on the right), type in a username, password and email
Click the ‘Get Started’ button
2. Join this wiki site

Go to www.e1bwikisineducation.wikispaces.com
In the top box on the left hand side, click the link for ‘Join this wiki’
Click on the ‘request membership’ button
3. Create a page

Click on the ‘hands-on learning’ link on the left hand navigation bar
Now that you are signed into wikispace & are a member of this site, you should see an ‘Edit’ button on the top right corner of the page – click it!
Once you are in edit mode, you will see a toolbar across the top of the wiki page

Change your participant # to your name
Using the mouse, highlight your name
Click on the globe/link icon
A box will appear, simply click ‘ok’ to create a new page in the wiki
Click save
4. Adding your page to the navigation bar

Click on the ‘edit navigation’ link at the bottom of the navigation bar
You will see another page for editing appear
Type your page name in the appropriate place
Highlight your name using the mouse
Click on the ‘Link’ button (see above)
Select ‘wiki link’
Under the heading ‘page name’, click on the link ‘choose an existing page’
Find your page name in the list and click ‘ok’
4. Add text to your page

Adding text to your wiki is simple…. Just type!
Click on the ‘A’ icon to change the font and color of the text
5. Add a file to your page

To add a file, simple click on the picture icon
Choose the ‘browse’ button to find and upload a file from your computer
The file will appear in the box as an icon
Click the ‘insert’ button
6. Add a picture to your page

Follow the procedure for adding a file above, but choose a picture instead
7. Add a widget to your page

To add a widget (video, audio, polling tool that is published on the web), click on the TV icon
Choose the type of media you wish to add
Copy and paste the embedding code and click save
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